I served on a trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court that lasted almost two weeks.
I can't remember all of the charges against the two defendants, but IIRC correctly there were at least seven charges, the worst of which were murder in the first degree, assault with a deadly weapon (a knife), assault with a deadly weapon (a gun), evading arrest, child abuse, kidnapping, burglary, etc.
The two defendants committed all of the above crimes over a period of about a week.
We found them guilty on all counts on every charge. Even the first degree portion of the murder charge.
We found out after the verdict that they were gang members of a violent gang. They would not let us leave the courthouse in the normal way. We were escorted out through the back hallways of the courthouse, down a special elevator, out of a back door of the courthouse, and escorted across the street to our cars by about two dozen police officers.
It was an emotional, unique experience.
Needless to say, I was concerned about being followed home, so I pretended to be CIA, and didn't drive directly home. I went about 24 miles in the opposite direction, got on and off the freeway randomly, made sudden U-turns, etc.
